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Synonyms: Verb
doff, douse, peel (off), put off, shrug off, take off
Synonyms: Noun
distance, lead, length, spacing, spread, stretch, way
Antonyms: Verb
don, put on, slip (into), throw (on)
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Examples of remove in a Sentence
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Remove the trash from the front yard. My tonsils were removed when I was five years old. Trees help to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. These new findings should remove any doubt about his innocence. What's a good way to remove stains from a silk dress? The new law would remove obstacles to obtaining a work permit. He was removed from office.Noun
She thrives when she's at some remove from mainstream society. their farm is just a remove of two miles from the town center
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The photo has since been removed, but the Beyhive is still on the hunt for whoever was behind it. — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, "A Private Photo of Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Children Was Leaked on Social Media," 4 Apr. 2019 With sugaring, the entire hair including the root is removed. — Maya Allen, Marie Claire, "How to Make Your Bikini Wax Less Painful, According to Experts," 1 Apr. 2019 According to the New York Times, since his arrest in Japan on Nov. 19, he has been removed as chairman of all three companies, but remains on their boards. — Liz Cantrell, Town & Country, "Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn Released on Bail in Japan," 6 Mar. 2019 Now, all of those posts have been removed from their feeds. — Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living, "Did Chase Chrisley and Girlfriend Lindsey Merrick Break Up?," 21 Feb. 2019 Players are immediately removed from the field when there’s a potential concussion. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain," 4 Feb. 2019 Finally, after months of waiting, the mask was removed and his highness' face was brought to light. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "OK, But Who The Heck is Tall Boy on "Riverdale"?," 24 Jan. 2019 Brown’s IUD was removed, and her daughter was born in March 2016. — Korin Miller, SELF, "The Truth About Getting Pregnant When You Have an IUD," 27 Dec. 2018 This particular speed bump has now been removed, and manual checking for updates is now unthrottled. — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, "The Windows 10 October 2018 Update is now fully available—for “advanced” users," 18 Dec. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Great literature places us at a remove from life, letting us appreciate Victor and Walter as flawed human beings—and see ourselves in them both. — Paula Marantz Cohen, WSJ, "Arthur Miller’s ‘Everyman’ Is an Antidote to Identity Politics," 22 Feb. 2019 Though the number of villas will eventually grow to 72, new trees have been strategically planted among the existent coconut grove in order to give each one a feeling of remove. — Ella Riley-adams, Vogue, "Why India’s Andaman Islands Could Be the New Maldives," 4 Jan. 2019 The more crops you plant, burn, and sequester, the more carbon dioxide your remove from the air. — Umair Irfan, Vox, "Sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere, explained," 24 Oct. 2018 What McHugh favored was the fantastic, the caustic, the nakedly human, art with an irreverent or whimsical sense of humor, and art with little remove from raw physicality. — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, "This Candy Store wasn't a candy store: Remembering a California gallery that made art stars," 3 July 2018 Though Gabaldon wrote Claire as a character whose face betrays her every emotion, Balfe always played the part at a slight remove, with an aloof dignity betrayed only when Claire decides to speak her mind. — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, "Caitriona Balfe Is Evolving with Outlander," 31 Dec. 2018 For as much as the series filters its point of view through the eyes of the girls, there’s another level of remove. — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, "HBO’s My Brilliant Friend adaptation is a knockout," 18 Nov. 2018 Having settled in, Graham has developed a new way of working at a remove from the traditional fashion system, which is currently in a state of turmoil. — Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue, "Gary Graham Relaunches From a Room of His Own in Upstate New York," 24 Oct. 2018 These are the real, honest accounts—not a page from a textbook recalling events at a remove. — Aaron Schnoor, WSJ, "The Great War Produced Some Great Poetry," 9 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'remove.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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Note: Section 1441 et seq. of title 28 of the U.S. Code allows a defendant who is brought into a state court to remove the action to federal district court when diversity of citizenship exists, when the action involves a claim or right arising under the U.S. Constitution or under laws or treaties of the U.S., or when the defendant is a foreign country or its agency or instrumentality. Civil actions and criminal prosecutions brought against an officer or agency of the U.S. for any act under color of office may also be removed.
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